Starting in Fall of 2019, Digital Cinema will be offered as a major at Southern Oregon University. Currently a concentration within the Communications major, the new major would focus solely on film. Having pitched to the SOU Board of Trustees,…
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SOU to host 100th annual meeting of the Pacific Division AAAS
This year SOU will host the 100th annual meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Leading scientists around the west coast and the nation will be at SOU June 18-22. The meeting…
Enrollment decrease affects funding for on-campus programs
Enrollment is down this year at SOU, and fewer students means less money on campus. Student Life is mostly funded by student fees, and that money goes to things like student government, clubs and staff salaries. Since less money went…
Creative writing BFA to produce literary magazine
With the new year comes the new edition of the Creative Writing Department’s magazine. The title of this year’s magazine will be the same as last year’s: Main Squeeze. This year, the Creative Writing workshop class decided on a new…
Grande navigates the personal in new album release
In 2019, it’s hard to decipher what is and isn’t pop music, and who is and isn’t a pop star. With the rise of streaming and the advent of the internet, you don’t have to amass heavy airplay on commercial…
Talent from SOU Mens Basketball leads to victory
Southern Oregon University’s (SOU) Mens Basketball held off Multnomah in a 100-90 victory on Friday night. There was an overwhelming amount of talent displayed on Friday night from the SOU Men’s basketball team. SOU’s Teron Bradford offensive and defensive work…
Backstreet Boys cling to old fame with new release
The legendary Backstreet Boys are back at it with a new album, titled DNA. While its name may suggest a foray into each member’s individuality and influences, the only thing to be found on this album is a heartless attempt…
Commuter Resource Center to return to campus
The Commuter Resource Center (CRC), once a place that students not living on campus could use as their home-away-from-home, is now gone. Since the start of the academic year, commuter students have expressed confusion as to where and why their…
Women march for the 3rd year
“I’m very wet, but we’re here,” laughed Bersy LeClair, an Southern Oregon University student attending the third annual Southern Oregon Women’s march on Jan. 19, 2019. She arrived with her friends Karley Johnson and Cassandra McDade despite the rainy weather. McDade…
SOU faculty shares her interests in Esports
The popularity of esports, or competitive video gaming, has been growing since the early 2000’s. Around 2010, game developers started actively designing toward a professional esports subculture. The National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) formed in 2016, and since then,…